Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco

8 reviews

vixenreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Despite how tricky the premise is, it is much more respectful than you think it would be. The romance is a bit trite, but it does become quite sweet over time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Stalking, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, and Sexism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Drug abuse, and Terminal illness

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Colonisation, and Cultural appropriation

Beware of dismemberment, prostitution, abuse of prostitutes, fear of disease, whorephobia, poverty, and death of a sibling.

m4evzie's review

adventurous dark informative mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

3/5 stars.
first half was so booooooooring and cluttered with info! and the author cant write a good empowering female character for shit bro
😭 audrey is just so “i'm not like other girls!" and her character doesnt seem to have a unique trait whatsoever? and its just too unrealistic, i swear.
what a way to start 2024 i guess.
i mean, for a bit, the plot was intriguing and i was engaged with it by the 60% mark, but the ending disappointed me too much.
thomas was a fun character tho, not particularly well-written, but he’s charming and quick-witted and probably has adhd a.k.a i like him the best bc hes just so me.
props to this book for giving us absolutely nothing!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Stalking, Murder, Body horror, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Sexism, Misogyny, and Hate crime

Moderate: Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Terminal illness and Vomit

saniyasyed's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Body horror

oh_roudha_reads's review

dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

The book was good however, I think that some parts were dragged out and unnecessary. Also the ending was really unexpected like I got click-baited 🤨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Animal cruelty, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Animal death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Medical content, and Sexism

Minor: Stalking and Vomit

ittybittyninja12's review

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A really solid mystery book that's written beautifully. I love the setting and the main character going against what's considered normal back then for women. I love the love interest so much in this book and the banter between them. The murder was a little too predictable in my opinion.

I guessed it at the beginning when they made him a little too sweet.

Which I think is probably the only downfall of the book. I enjoyed how on edge the book made me feel though. It's not a perfect book but definitely a great read, can't wait to read more in this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Sexual violence, Murder, and Forced institutionalization

fromjuliereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Well I will give points that this was a quick read since I read it in 2 days 😅 I struggled with the character: Audrey is the stereotype of "not like other girls" and reminds us of that incessantly... but she had a few redeeming qualities; and while Thomas attempts to be a Sherlock wannabe, I was intrigued by his character throughout. I do wish Audrey was a bit better at deducing things because WOW she flip flopped all over! I can see how it would be different being in the situation, but I guessed who it was from the beginning. Which is rare for me. And I don't know the history around Jack the Ripper. So there's that.

Anyways, while I was decidedly NOT a fan of the extremely grotesque descriptions, I like the characters enough to hope for more growth and might eventually read the sequels!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Death, Vomit, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Misogyny, and Stalking

Moderate: Cannibalism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty

sydneyluxford's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Objectively, is this book the best? Definitely not. But, do I care? Definitely not. This series means so much to me, and rereading the first book has only now made me realise how much I truly love it.

I don’t care if it’s predictable. This series is just so comforting to me.

The sluttiest thing a man can do is whatever Thomas Cresswell was doing in this book. Bro, he had me blushing on behalf of Audrey Rose. LIKE DAMN. He genuinely cares about her so much, it’s so cute. 

Screaming into my pillow as we speak.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Death, Classism, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, Drug use, and Sexism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Confinement, and Addiction

rayneyisreading's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gore, Medical trauma, Murder, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Death, Medical content, and Violence

Minor: Vomit